Alka Saraogi

Alka Saraogi

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Alka Saraogi Profile

  • Name:
  • Alka Saraogi
  • Born:
  • November 17, 1960

Alka Saraogi Biography

Alka Saraogi is a noted novelist and short story writer associated with Hindi literature. She is a recipient of 2001 Sahitya Academy Award. She received the award for her Hindi novel Kalikatha: Via Bypass. Doosri Kahani, Ek Break ke baad, Koi Baat Nahi, Jankidas Tejpal mansion, Kahani ki talas mem and Shesh Kadambari are other published works. Though of Rajasthani origin she was born and brought up in Kolkata where she completed her studies. She got PhD in Hindi literature for her thesis on the poetry of Raghuvir Sahay. Still active in writings, her latest work Jankidas Tejpal mansion was published in 2015.


She was born in Kolkata on  November 17, 1960. She was born in a Marwari family of Rajasthani origin. She studied at Calcutta University and also completed PhD. She started writing only after her marriage and motherhood. She has two children. She started off with short stories and later moved to novels. Ap ki hamsi was her first published short story. The title of the book was derived from one of the works of her favourite writer, Raghuvir sahay. It was published in a Hindi literary journal with the help of her mentor, Ashok Seksaria. She published her short story collection - Kahani Ki talas mein in 1996.

 

After two published story collections, she moved to novels. Kalikatha: Via Bypass – was her debut novel and it helped her to bag the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award for the year 2001. In 2002, she was one among the 22 authors from different languages who were honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Awards, 2001. Mahim Bora, Atin Bandyopadhyaya, Rajmohan Gandhi, Dhiruben Gordhandas Patel, Abdul Vaheed Kamal, Attoor Ravi Varma etc were other major names who were honoured during the prestigious function. Kalikatha is about Kishore babu and four generations of his family. She also received Shrikant Verma award in 1998.

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Updated: February 27, 2016

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